Coating compositions and the like



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Scotti l lo. di uiiild o @ioimo. (U3. Mu -28M This invention rclotco to bituminous coming compositions coutoiuioe; mico.

Aspholt, pitch end the liltc orcuced extensively for coating roofs, Wollo end other ourfoces which ore exposed to the elements, and in so usioe these bituminous motcrielo it is o common proctice to incorporate in the bitumen o mineral filler. This filler increases the durubilitr of time oituminouo coating"; and also, when the filler to o cheep min erol much as limestone, it serves the purpoeo oi attending the more expensive bitumen turd thereby reducing the cost of the cootiuo.

in oplolymo ouch u coming composition, it met Toe heoted sumciently to produce it moltcu, freely flowing composition which is then applied in the molten stote, or it new ice mixed or cut" with o thinner, ouch oo to light petroleum distillote, to orotiuce e, fluid mixture which to oppliecl liiie o point.

it it on oiiiect lone eouelit in the urt to produce bitumen-mineral filler compositions which, when ooplied to it roof or other surface or: to weothering, will not only provide perfect weteroroofloo and protection of the imderotructurefor o lone period of time but which will also rote-in. o pleooiug eppeorouce free irom diccolorotioxi, croclto, Dluldoleo, wrinkling, etc.

It to on oioiect .ucliieved by the preoeut inven tion provide such it composition; o. bitumiuow point i coating composition which, without in voiviue moteriolo whose emoeooe is out of the ordi new, will. provide at high degree of protection for e oreot ieutth oi time together with on endurimly ottroctive oppeerouce.

Other objects oewmoiielied luv the oreoeot in veutiou will he opporeut from the deooriptiou out! the oppeuded cleimo.

hove found thot o bituminous cootlug comoooitiou oi ezrceotioool duroioilltt end of long on during copocitv to molntoiu on ottrootive oooeer ouce com he provided o using or; e filler mico which lies loeeu co reduced in fineness that not lees thou olrout 7% percent will trees through it zoo meoh sieve. For couvculenec, mico of this lineueoo io referred to liereioeiter oo 76 mlnue o mice, indicotiog tiret ut leoot eliout 76 percent will poet: through o too meoii sieve. v i

It is. lmovm in the out to employ iioeiu' divided miuerol ililero, ouch elote flour, mice oodllime stone, but heretofore it hot lieeo reoordcd, dud my own wort: cu fillero other then mice hoe iudicoted, thet o, fiueoces much ereoter thou obout loo mesh does not produce improved i'eoults or sit least dooc not produce on improvement propow tiouol to the irlcroeeed cost oi winding the filler to at greater flueoeoo. lie sitcom liy the dote, below, it is my discovery t'oot this doeo not hold for mice; thot mice, oi? e, flueueee oiv ieeet it minus orotiucee improved recuito,

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Further with record to the mica filler of the preocut invention, it may all pass through a. 200 meek sieve (No. not sieve) and may be even finer; for example, it may be of such fineness that substoutiolly ell posses through o 325 mesh sieve. However, greatly improved results, as compared with cooroer mice, ore obtoioed where -80 percent to of etc mesh fineness. The preferred range oi fiooueco is from 10-0 percent through a. 200 mesh clove to percent through u 325 mesh sieve.

The mico. moy housed in occorduiace withtho invention es in filler for ospliolt, pitch, coal tar or other bituminous substances, or as o, filler for blends of ospl'mlt and pitch, eepholt and coal tar,

cool tor end pitch, etc. The ospliolt may be, for example, of notuml origin, such to Trinidad and Ecrmudeo coololt, or it may be, for example, o. petroleum espl'iolt ouch us thot produced as o residuum in the distillation of petroleum oils. pitch my ice, for example, e. cow tor pitch or o petroleum pitch. Preferably, however, there is used as the bituminous component of the coatmg compositions of the present invention a. petroleum asphalt hoving o. softening point by the ring and boil method oil to 300 F. and a penetration it? lit, grams and 5 seconds) of 1 to 50.

Conoiderolale voriotion in the proportion of mica to bitumen me? be practiced within the scope of the invention. It has been found, however, that 7 to the optimum.

The bitumen-mice compositions of the present invention may lac ooplied in the absence of a. thinnor by melting the composition and applying it tvlolie molten, or it may be mixed with a thinner, such as petroleum naphtha, coal tar naphtha, beoool, toluol, kerosene, eto..ond the mixture applied.

The comoooitiom oi the invention may he used prevent misting turd to orovlde o, coatiiig of greator reflectivityolttei" weetliering than is obtainooio with the uouol bituminous coetinoc.

(c) For application to ielt roll rooiing superior protective capacity and pleasing appearaaseo'n .rooilngshinglcstoobtainarooiihg'materialo! 24 penetration ('1'? E. 100 grams, 5 ads): and a high suliuncontent, low wax-content Calliornia air-blown asphalt 214' F. w w- Dolnt (rina and ball) and i9 penetration i'l'l Noiailurealtm'indlcatcdnumboroimontbs.

I that to illustrate the practice and the'advanta ges oi the invention.

z'xamle 'I.-In preparing the coating composi tions and the coated specimens which were tested 7 as indicated below, the following procedure was .v employed: The asphalt was heated to 350-400- I". and the mineral filler was slowly added to,;,tl se heated asphalt, the mixture meanwhiiegbeing I stirredmechanicaliy. Alter thorough mixing' the composition was poured onto an unprimcd aluminum plate to form a thin layer oi protective.

material. The plate was then passed beneath a smoothing blade to produce a smooth continuous coat of bituminous'material 0.025":0.002" thick by 2%" wide by long.

Coated plates thus prepared were subjected to outdoor weathering tests by placing them at an 'Iheiollowinsspeciflcenmpleswillserveiur- F.,l00grams.5 seconds). Table! q a Fhiontbs toproducehilnn i iereent i v AW mm b lf's mam 'w%* 2% Zia? 2 b 3;. b wt. bywt b n. tiller llkg iillarliilleroifliietoilllx illicidiler x-l--...'. we w" @u as as 2a Do 04 o s o m is u 100 o la i: is v is 11 mu 0 is 12 1: 12

1o 14 as as as ce we as u u 14 14 is 100 14 14 21 a es 100 u a a m .rlssrnple H.-Asphalt-mineral nlier cpositions'were w: as described in g K- i (see Example I) was used and a as variety of fillers were employed, including e save thus produced were submitted to the National Accelerated Weathering Test (the liveready Test") described in A. B. T. M. Bulletin for Decemhel' 1941. mes 19 to 23. Briefly this test comprises exposing bitumen coated panels prepared asdescribed in Example I to a carbon arclamp oi high intensity. The panels are carried on a rack which revolves slowly, making one revso olution every two hours. During each revolution the panels are also sprayed with water. An Eveready Cycle" (see Table II) eorrcspondsto 20 hours oi exposure under the above ell-1m Theresults of thetests aresettorthin Fabien 40 below.

Table I! I woatberahilhyinlvenadyoyolse Fill our new i mm who! wt.oi 'by t. fit. 2%. $22. fit. filler diler olilller filler filler oinller 7o 01 178' see so. as as 11 4s 41 $8 a 41 so 41 as up 4o 64 as 44 4a 100 so so 100 s2 so 100 as n we 01 so l were exposed we region of so weather conditions; hot summers and r2111 winters, The results of the outdoor Weathermen tests given in Table I below in months to produce failure. Failure was :u'w he the use of a u potential spark tester to aecer when pinholes and cracks had developed in the weathered coatings. thus showing when ulat-ion failed. The coatings were considered as having failed when six pinholes or cracks had developed in the area more than V4" iron: the edges of the coated area. An asterisk following a given numberof months in Table I indicates that, at the conclusion of the given number or months, the

test was still in progress withoutriailure having The asphalts identified as K-l and 'B--1 were, respectively, a low sulfur-content, high wax-content California air-blown asphalt oi 217 F. (ring and ball) softening point and Example III.--Asphalt-mica coating com w tions were prepared as described in momma I. the mica being of such a fineness that 79% passed through a 200 mesh sieve. One composition was made using the K-1 asphalt oi' Example I while another was made using the S-1 asphalt 01 Example I. A portion oi the latter composition was mixed with petroleum thinner in the proportions of about 65 parts by weight of asphaltmics and 35 parts by weight of thinner. The petroleum thinner was a low boiling range straight run petroleum naphtha. These three coating compositions were subjected to the Eveready Test described in Example 11 with results as noted in Table III below. In Table III, the numerals l, 2 and 3 in the extreme left hand column indicate, respectively, the K-1 asphaltmice, the $4 asphalt-mica and the 8-1 asphalt-mica-thinner compositions. The percent- In: its,

eral not shown in Example I. The compositions I age of mice. filler in the latter composition was on a thinner-free basis.

1 Indicates that at the conclusion of the stated number of cycles failure had not yet occurred.

Example IV.-To determine the effect of varying the fineness of mineral filler upon the weatherability of bitumen-mineral filler composi tions, mixtures were made of an air-blown asphalt from the same source as the K--1 asphalt. The optimum proportions (predetermined by experiment) of representative mineral fillers were used. The fillers chosen were limestone, slate and mica and these fillers were used in various degrees of fineness. 1 Weatherabilities were determined by the Evere'ady method. The results are set forth in Table IV below:

Table IV Optimum conon of Limestone Do eeesseseeesssesss ssseaesaemasssss mes mesh I claim:

1. An asphaltic coating composition, comprising asphalt intimately mixed with fromabout 5 to 35 percent by weight of mice. based on the asphalt-mica composition, the mica being so reduced in fineness that at least about 70 percent will pass through a 200 mesh sieve.

2. An asphaltic coating composition, compris ing asphalt, an intimate mixture of mice. in the. amount of 5 to 35 percent by weight based on the asphalt-mica mixture, and a thinner, said mica being so reduced in fineness that at least about 70 percent will pass through a 200 mesh sieve.

3. An asphaltic coating composition, comprising asphalt intimately mixed with from about to 25 percent by weight of mica based on the asphalt-mica composition, the mica being so reduced in fineness that at least about 70 percent will pass through a 200 mesh sieve.

mesh sieve. Wherever fineness is indicated as .a fineness that 100% will pass a 200 mesh sieve.

5. The coating composition of claim 4, wherein the bitumen is a petroleum asphalt.

6. The asphaltic coating composition of claim 1, wherein the asphalt is a petroleum asphalt of about 150 to 300 F. softening point by the ring and ball method and of about 1 to penetration (77 F., grams, 5 seconds).

7. The asphaltic coating composition of claim 1, wherein the asphalt is an air-blown petroleum asphalt of about to 300 F. softening point by the ring and ball method and oi about 1 to 50 penetration (77 F., 100 grams, 5 seconds).

8. The asphaltic coating composition of claim 3, wherein the asphalt is an air-blown petroleum asphalt of about 150 to 300 F. softening point by the ring and ball method and of about 1 to 50 penetration (77 F., 100' grams, 5 seconds).

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